| /** |
| * $RCSfile$ |
| * $Revision$ |
| * $Date$ |
| * |
| * Copyright 2003-2007 Jive Software. |
| * |
| * All rights reserved. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
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| */ |
| |
| package org.jivesoftware.smack.provider; |
| |
| import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.PacketExtension; |
| import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser; |
| |
| /** |
| * An interface for parsing custom packets extensions. Each PacketExtensionProvider must |
| * be registered with the ProviderManager class for it to be used. Every implementation |
| * of this interface <b>must</b> have a public, no-argument constructor. |
| * |
| * @author Matt Tucker |
| */ |
| public interface PacketExtensionProvider { |
| |
| /** |
| * Parse an extension sub-packet and create a PacketExtension instance. At |
| * the beginning of the method call, the xml parser will be positioned on the |
| * opening element of the packet extension. At the end of the method call, the |
| * parser <b>must</b> be positioned on the closing element of the packet extension. |
| * |
| * @param parser an XML parser. |
| * @return a new IQ instance. |
| * @throws java.lang.Exception if an error occurs parsing the XML. |
| */ |
| public PacketExtension parseExtension(XmlPullParser parser) throws Exception; |
| } |